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The implication of my amendment is that sub-clause
(1) of the proposed new section 3A goes off. So far as subclause (2) of the new section is concerned for the words “for the purposes of this Act” we shall have the words “for the purposes of reserving seats in the House of the People under the Constitution of India”……
Dr. Ambedkar : May I say that this amendment is entirely outside the scope of the Bill? What we are doing is we are reserving seats in some of the Part C States. Only so far as those States are concerned we are preparing the list. The amendment is that there shall be a list of scheduled castes for all Part C States. That is a separate question.
Shri J. R. Kapoor: I do not know how my hon. friend could put this interpretation on my amendment. I have nowhere stated in the amendment that there must necessarily be a schedule in relation to all Part C States. I am referring only to the Sixth and Seventh Schedules which are already given in the Bill itself. I nowhere seek to add a new Schedule or even to amend the two Schedules. They shall remain intact unless of course they are amended by any other amendment which may be moved and accepted by the House. All that I suggest in my amendment is that sub-clause (1) of the proposed section
3A shall be omitted and so far as sub-clause (2) is concerned for the words “for the purposes of this Act” we shall have the words “for the purposes of reserving seats in the House of the People under the Constitution of India.” Why I am moving the amendment is that I am definitely of the view as I submitted yesterday and reaffirm today, that article 330 of the Constitution specifically provides that in the House of the People seats shall be reserved for every State. And the word “state” as defined in article 1 of the Constitution includes all States whether they are in Part A or Part B or Part C. The Hon. Law Minister in his reply to the debate on the Bill a few minutes ago said that while he did admit that article 330 specifically provided for reservation of seats his only difficulty was that article 330 could not be complied with until there was a specific list of scheduled castes for Part C States and since there was no such list and since none could be made according to the provisions of article 341, it was necessary to